The Life of Lady Jane GreyC. M. Saxton, 1858 - 298 pages |
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... desire to marry Joanna , the sister of Katharine ; and fearing that the people would not be satisfied with the marriage of the father and two sons into one family , he forced Prince Henry the day be- fore he attained his fifteenth year ...
... desire to marry Joanna , the sister of Katharine ; and fearing that the people would not be satisfied with the marriage of the father and two sons into one family , he forced Prince Henry the day be- fore he attained his fifteenth year ...
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... desires of the king , eating and drinking like any courtier , and yet when there was occasion , showing that he possessed not only profound learning , but also great abilities as a statesman . He was made lord chancellor of the kingdom ...
... desires of the king , eating and drinking like any courtier , and yet when there was occasion , showing that he possessed not only profound learning , but also great abilities as a statesman . He was made lord chancellor of the kingdom ...
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... desire . He concealed from the nation his selfishness for a time , but by repeated taxes he lost his popularity . He built the fa- mous palace at Hampton Court , which stands to this day a monument to his splendor . After it was ...
... desire . He concealed from the nation his selfishness for a time , but by repeated taxes he lost his popularity . He built the fa- mous palace at Hampton Court , which stands to this day a monument to his splendor . After it was ...
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... desires , she did receive not only his ad- dresses but those of another married man - Sir Thomas Wyatt . No woman of a pure heart would ever for a moment carry on an intrigue with a married man , and the only reason why Anne now refused ...
... desires , she did receive not only his ad- dresses but those of another married man - Sir Thomas Wyatt . No woman of a pure heart would ever for a moment carry on an intrigue with a married man , and the only reason why Anne now refused ...
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... - that the mar- riage be dissolved without asking leave of the pope . This bold idea was well suited to Henry's temperament and desires , and he at once re- ceived Cranmer into favor , and a change was soon 38 THE LIFE OF.
... - that the mar- riage be dissolved without asking leave of the pope . This bold idea was well suited to Henry's temperament and desires , and he at once re- ceived Cranmer into favor , and a change was soon 38 THE LIFE OF.
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Page 112 - I wise, all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato. Alas ! good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant.
Page 112 - and tell you a truth which,- perchance, ye will marvel at. One of the greatest benefits that ever God gave me, is, that he sent me so sharp and severe parents, and so gentle a schoolmaster. For when I am in presence...
Page 179 - JANE, by the grace of God, Queen of England, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, and of the Church of England, and also of Ireland, under Christ, in Earth the supreme Head.
Page 112 - I am in presence either of father or mother, whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go, eat, drink, be merry or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing or doing...
Page 113 - I am with him. And when I am called from him I fall on weeping, because whatsoever I do else but learning is full of grief, trouble, fear, and whole misliking unto me. And thus my book hath been so much my pleasure, and bringeth daily to me more pleasure and more, that in respect of it all other pleasures, in very deed, be but trifles and troubles unto me.
Page 138 - the innocency of childhood, the beauty of youth, the solidity of middle, the gravity of old age, and all at eighteen ; the birth of a princess, the learning of a clerk, the life of a saint, yet the death of a malefactor, for her parent's offences.
Page 147 - Rather do thou walk with him, ride with him, play with him, be his faery, his page, his everything that love and poetry have invented ; but watch him well ; sport with his fancies ; turn them about like the ringlets round his cheek; and if ever he meditate on power, go toss up thy baby to his brow, and bring back his thoughts into his heart by the music of thy discourse. Teach him to live unto God and unto thee ; and he will discover that women, like the plants in woods, derive their softness and...
Page 147 - I sincerely love the youth who hath espoused me ; I love him with the fondest, the most solicitous affection ; I pray to the Almighty for his goodness and happiness, and do forget at times, unworthy supplicant ! the prayers I should have offered for myself. Never fear that I will disparage my kind religious teacher, by disobedience to my husband in the most trying duties.
Page 42 - ... had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs.
Page 276 - God ? Far be that from me. I am thy workmanship, created in Christ Jesus. Give me grace, therefore, to tarry thy leisure, and patiently to bear thy works, assuredly knowing, that as thou canst, so thou wilt, deliver me, when it shall please thee, nothing doubting or mistrusting thy goodness towards me ; for thou knowest better what is good for me than I do : therefore do with me in all things what thou wilt, and plague me what way thou wilt.